Buddhist Dictionary of Pali Proper Names by G P Malalasekera
asanabodhiya thera
Asanabodhiya Thera:An arahant.In Tissa Buddha’s time he planted the Asana-tree,which was the Buddha’s Bodhi-tree,and tended it for five years.The Buddha was very pleased with him and foretold for him a glorious future.
For thirty kappas he dwelt among the devas; seventy-seven kappas ago he was a cakkavatti named Dandasena,and one kappa later he was seven times king under the name of Samantanemi.
Twenty-five kappas ago he was a khattiya,Punnaka by name.Ap.i.110-11.